Current Events > the average american doesn't know where north korea is

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugJZhL-cbc

wtf america
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While I'm not surprised because most Americans are idiots when it comes to geography/geopolitics, IIRC Kimmel's show has played up/faked these street segments in the past.
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Who the hell cares.

It's all just political games, anyways. When the dinosaurs were stomping around, they weren't like "Oh shit dog, I'm on North Korea!"

Sure right okay the small selection chosen by Jimmy Fuck Kimmel in Hollywood that is further narrowed down to the funniest answers are 'Average Americans' what the fuck is wrong with you
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Yaridovich posted...

Sure right okay the small selection chosen by Jimmy Fuck Kimmel in Hollywood that is further narrowed down to the funniest answers are 'Average Americans' what the fuck is wrong with you

this
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I know people who made videos like this and they basically cut out the 300/310 people they asked who were able to immediately point to North Korea.
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Being dumb should be illegal

Reminds me of this: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/14/upshot/if-americans-can-find-north-korea-on-a-map-theyre-more-likely-to-prefer-diplomacy.html

When asked in April which policies the United States should pursue regarding North Korea, Americans diverged on their views depending in part on whether they knew where it was.

An experiment led by Kyle Dropp of Morning Consult from April 27-29, conducted at the request of The New York Times, shows that respondents who could correctly identify North Korea tended to view diplomatic and nonmilitary strategies more favorably than those who could not. These strategies included imposing further economic sanctions, increasing pressure on China to influence North Korea and conducting cyberattacks against military targets in North Korea.

They also viewed direct military engagement – in particular, sending ground troops – much less favorably than those who failed to locate North Korea.

The largest difference between the groups was the simplest: Those who could find North Korea were much more likely to disagree with the proposition that the United States should do nothing about North Korea.

Not really surprising. I did find this part quite surprising, admittedly:

What drives these differences? Simple partisanship is one possibility. On average, Republicans – and Republican men in particular – were more likely to correctly locate North Korea than Democratic men. And Republicans were more likely to be in favor of almost all the diplomatic solutions posed by the researchers. (Women tended to find North Korea at similar rates, regardless of party.)

I'm not sure how strong the methodology was, but it's interesting nonetheless.

Imagine living in a world full of stereotypes and perpetuatal hate against another country.
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Tauros posted...

Who the hell cares.

It's all just political games, anyways. When the dinosaurs were stomping around, they weren't like "Oh shit dog, I'm on North Korea!"

Oh I see, you're one of those delusional guys who try to disregard politics...
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StickFigures720 posted...

Tauros posted...

Who the hell cares.

It's all just political games, anyways. When the dinosaurs were stomping around, they weren't like "Oh shit dog, I'm on North Korea!"

Oh I see, you're one of those delusional guys who try to disregard politics...

I don't disregard it, but humanity's belief in their social games is so fucking stupid.

Notice how they mostly asked girls, as in "Hahaha, girls are so stupid, right?".
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FightingGames posted...

the average Californian doesn't know where north korea is

ftfy
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Geography is the easiest shit jeez
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These videos are always so stupid.

You can ask a crowd of people literally anything and then pick and choose the answers to make whatever point you want to make.
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Why does it matter? Its really not something Schools teach past a certain grade and knowing where it is on a map is not necessary at all...as long as they know what it is and at least have an understanding of what is going on with them that's all that should matter....this whole "you can't even find it on a map!" shame has always been confusing to me...i get it for things near you...if they couldn't find Canada I'd understand the humor...but come on now...

Tauros posted...

Who the hell cares.

It's all just political games, anyways. When the dinosaurs were stomping around, they weren't like "Oh shit dog, I'm on North Korea!"

Was this... supposed to sound profound?
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Yeah these videos don't prove anything. For all we know, he surveyed 250 people before he found one person who couldn't find it. Obviously they aren't going to air the people who knew, because that wouldn't be silly.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Tauros posted...

Who the hell cares.

It's all just political games, anyways. When the dinosaurs were stomping around, they weren't like "Oh shit dog, I'm on North Korea!"

Was this... supposed to sound profound?

No, but the fact you thought so is flattering.

Muffinz0rz posted...

Yeah these videos don't prove anything. For all we know, he surveyed 250 people before he found one person who couldn't find it. Obviously they aren't going to air the people who knew, because that wouldn't be silly.

Mark Dice has actually done a live man on the street in Southern California, and it literally took 14 minutes to find half a dozen people that were that stupid.
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